Family Research Council president Tony Perkins (left) with Governor Nikki Haley and Heritage president Ed Feulner (right)

“We want people to know the power of their voice. We want people to understand: Don’t complain about it. Do something about it.” – Governor Nikki Haley (R)

A year-long educational tour across America, Your Money, Your Values, Your Vote kicked off yesterday morning as Heritage President Ed Feulner, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, and the Values Bus were welcomed warmly by South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R).

Charleston, South Carolina, served as an ideal launching pad for the national tour, with a large turnout of interested citizens and activists. Though a bright sunny day, the mood turned serious at times as Governor Haley did not shy away from underlining the very real issues at stake.

I’m a grandfather. I’ve got three grandkids, ages eight, six, and five. Right now, each one of my grandkids is going to be inheriting a $200,000 mortgage from my wife and me. The problem is, that mortgage doesn’t have a house attached to it! That’s their share of unfunded Social Security, unfunded Medicare, unfunded government programs. And that’s not fair to successor generations, for us to be putting that burden on them.

Let’s bring America back to the constitutional principles it should be founded upon. That’s what our plan Saving the American Dream is all about. We are absolutely delighted to take our message out directly to the American people here in the Palmetto State and around the nation over the next many months.

Governor Haley closed by turning to both Feulner and Perkins with these words: “I congratulate you both on doing this. There is nothing I won’t do to help you, because with this tour you are singing the song of the people of South Carolina.”

Next stop: Florida. The tour rolls into Fort Lauderdale for a series of events this Friday and Saturday, then it will head up to Washington, D.C., in time for Monday’s March for Life gathering.